“Ev­ery year we re­lit­i­gate the case of Demar Derozan, per­haps the league’s most po­lar­iz­ing player,” the mag­a­zine wrote. “Our ver­dict comes down to this: Derozan is a refined, im­pres­sive scorer whose lim­i­ta­tions cre­ate real prob­lems.”

“For five straight years, the Rap­tors have per­formed bet­ter with Derozan off the floor,” it added. “The truth of his value is more com­pli­cated than that, though the wealth of mixed sig­nals to this point are be­yond co­in­ci­dence. We know Derozan can score. But to what end?”

Toronto Rap­tors' Demar Derozan looks up in the sec­ond half of Game 1 of their sec­ond-round NBA bas­ket­ball play­off se­ries against the Cleve­land Cava­liers, on May 1, 2017, in Cleve­land. Derozan jumped 10 spots in Sports Il­lus­trated’s yearly NBA player rank­ing.